We have 5 children -Tamar, born in Toronto in 1964 and 4 other, born in Israel; Thom (Naomi) 1968, Yael 1970 and Gidon and Tanya 1975. Tamar and Thom live in Kiron, Yael in Maalot, Gidon on the Qld Gold Coast and Tanya presently in Sydney for a year or more.

Where we live:

We live in Omer, (near Beersheva), Israel

Education:

B.A. from Sydney University.

Occupation:

I worked in the City of Toronto Social Services department and then in Israel as an English teacher to adults and then in the library department of the British Council in Tel Aviv.

Betar History:

I joined Betar in Sydney in 1957 after Vernon Kronenberg brought Stephanie (then Singer) and me to a Betar meeting in 1954.From then on I stayed and attended every annual summer camp till December 1961.

Positions held:

Mefakedet Machoz Sydney (1961). In 1959 I went to Brisbane with the Shaliach , Haim Golovesky/Gilad, and Naomi Kessler to reestablish Machoz Brisbane, which has flourished since then.

My Madrichim:

Danny and Naomi Kessler (later Kronenberg).

People I remember

Too many to record and with many happy memories.

People whom we still see or keep in contact with:

We are very lucky to have had continuous contact with so many of our friends from Betar Australia who have made Aliya at about the same time as we did and the years following. We still meet regularly (although not as often as we would like) with two groups, our general age group and the next one (in which we believe we are included because It is Heather's brother's, Peter's, group).The first group includes Dora Steiner, Theo and Anat Balberyszski, Shim and Perla Feder, Jack and Rosette Mirjam, Leah Feder and Frida Sheiner.Yoseph Steiner and Brian and Ruth Addess were also in that group when they were alive and we also kept in touch with Mervyn and Sue (z"l) Doobov.Yoseph Steiner and Brian and Ruth Addess were also in that group when they were In the second group we have Leo and Celia Rogovin, Henry and Ros Ben Ezra (AKA Bishopverder), Solly and Rosalie Goldstein, Miriam Barash (nee Gottlieb, from Canberra) and Lionel ("Flapper") Bomzon,Then there are many, in Oz and other parts of the world, with whom we keep in touch and whose friendship we value to this day.